public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("file:///C:/Users/rajnish/Desktop/my.html");
// way one
// you can create your custom x path
// one x path can be made directly using id of the span like
// xpath = //span[@id='spnLogCount']
// also not if you are not sure of the tag name then you can also use * in xpath like below
String myText = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='dvCount']/span[2]")).getText();
System.out.println("Total Log Count : " + myText);
// way two
// you can directly use id
myText = driver.findElement(By.id("spnLogCount")).getText();
System.out.println("Total Log Count : " + myText);
// way three
// if you are using css selector then for id you can use #
myText = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#spnLogCount")).getText();
System.out.println("Total Log Count : " + myText);
}